tonywinga
Responses from tonywinga
| Why Do Cables Matter? I don't believe the limitation is in the recording. It is in the playback system and the ears of the listener. One reason I say that is from my visit to Axpona 2022 in Tampa. On Friday night a recording engineer did a seminar in the large room ... | |
| Is there a ceiling limit on what you are willing to pay for an audio component? Perfection is an asymptotic function. Hifi is a good example of that. It seems like cost doubles to get a noticeable improvement in sound- with a few exceptions . It’s always a choice between living without better sound or without money. | |
| Is there a ceiling limit on what you are willing to pay for an audio component? In the late 1980s I came across some audiophiles at work that were into modifying vintage gear for good sound. I cashed out my Yamaha gear and got an ARC SP-6b preamp which I then had upgraded with new wiring, resistors, volume pot and gold RCA p... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? I was awarded 10 US Patents over my engineering career and several EU Patents. (Before I went into management). Some, but not all of the EU Patents overlap the US ones. Most but not all of my inventions made it into production. My little broth... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? To explain where I am coming from, I got me a pair of liquid filled interconnects that cost nearly as much as my preamp. Fortunately, I got them used for much less. The change these cables made to my audio system is astounding. Would that I cou... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? I find I can agree only with your last paragraph. You make inferences that cables are simple and easy to make but I haven’t seen much from you to substantiate that. What then is the proper pricing structure for cables be it Cu, Ag, or Au alloys?... | |
| Audio News Interesting. I want that brass record weight. What a beauty. The first movie I recall about a computer taking over the world was called, “The Forbin Project”. I kept wondering, why not just pull the plug? Now everything runs on battery with s... | |
| Ethernet Switch- what's the point? I appreciate your detailed explanation. Some of it is beyond my understanding, I’ll admit that. One thing about digital: it’s been almost 20 years ago now but I began to notice wow and flutter while playing records. CDs had sensitized me. I replac... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? I'll tell you guys a story. This isn't easy for me to talk about. So I have wanted some Wilson Audio speakers for a long time. I loved my Thiel CS6 speakers but I had to get me a pair of Wilsons. I revamped my system from the ground up and mad... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? Thank you kind sir. I have achieved stereostasis- at least for now. My wife doesn’t believe me. So I’m not changing anything for a while just to prove her wrong. | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? because in my experience over many years, i have found that very expensive cables don’t out-perform well chosen, reasonably priced ones That is true for any component of an audio system. Why make it sound like it is the case only for cables? ... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 upgrade to 6SE. The irony is that the first employees of a new company are typically engineers/technical talent but the last employees of a company before it closes are managers. | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 upgrade to 6SE. If the technical talent hangs on then the company has a chance to survive. But the first thing companies pull back on these days to help cash flow is Engineering. It is a short term solution with long term consequences. Over my career I observe... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? key to remember is that good quality hifi cables need NOT to be very expensive, and as a rule, one should stay away from those in nosebleed territory, even for very good systems Why? If so, then perhaps everyone should stay away from all audio g... | |
| Ethernet Switch- what's the point? Back in the day when everything audio was analog, we all understood what was noise. We had hiss from the electronics, hiss from the tape decks, hiss, hum and crackles from records and phono cartridges and even an AM radio station could sometimes ... |